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How does Russian sounds to you? (for non-natives)
Just interesting. I can't really see how it sounds to a non-native ear. For instance for me English sounds like more formal, firm, technological. Spanish, Italian, French - very musical. Chinese, Japanese, Korean - kind of weird, very particular to white people.Please don't pass by, it's so easy to answer, but so interesting to me.
May 6, 2010 6:38 AM
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To me, it sounds like someone is playing a recording in English backwards. The sounds are very unfamiliar, and it takes me a good long while to realize when someone with a Russian accent is actually speaking English.
(But I think maybe I'm a more of a hick than the rest of the italki users, hehe...)
May 7, 2010
It sounds slightly harsh but cool either way.
May 6, 2010
Русский язык многогранен, в том числе многогранно его звучание. Различными факторами являются: "начитанность" человека - его словарный запас, место его проживания (влияет диалект), интонация произношения и многое другое.
Интересно, слышать английский с русским акцентом - грубовато, зато всё понятно :)
April 26, 2012
if i listen to it i think the words it sound like R letter.
cowboy...
May 6, 2010
Firm, yet palatable and pleasant.
May 6, 2010
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